AUTOMATED DRIVING VEHICLE WITH UTILITY SERVICE FOR MAINTAINING FACILITY OF “COMPACT VILLAGE” —FOCUSING ON MEDICAL SERVICE—

Abstract

“Compact Village” aims at maintaining a living environment in rural areas by aggregating facilities. However, it is difficult because of population decline and withdrawal of facilities. Results of this study suggest how to maintain a “Compact Village” with Automated Driving Vehicle with Utility Service “ADVUS” applied to grocery stores and medical facilities in automated driving vehicles that operate unmanned. Additionally, we compare the numbers of people executing behaviors and their usage intention for users at medical institutions. Those results lead to estimates of the numbers of people who can be expected to use “ADVUS” in a “Compact Village”. Results show that people want to use a medical facilities in a “Compact Village” more than in a central area, but many people use a medical facilities in central areas. If “ADVUS” is deployed in a “Compact Village”, more people will use it than use it now.